The Whole Funny Marriage-Divorce Conversation Between EU (Sweden) and Argentina

Took place during another contact group meeting on potential consequences of mitigation actions under Kyoto Protocol.

The main discussion revolved around 2 options of paragraph 9 in the text, the main ideas of which are:
EITHER
1) Annex 1 parties should support non-Annex 1 parties to minimize negative consequences and to maximize positive consequences through strengthening their institutional capacities and regulatory frameworks
OR
2) Non-Annex 1 parties should strive to strengthen their institutional capacities and regulatory frameworks in order to minimize negative consequences and to maximize positive consequences of mitigation actions. In this respect, Parties should share information and best practices, and, where necessary, Annex 1 parties should support non-Annex 1 parties.

At some point, Argentina put forward a 3rd option, which it has called "a marriage between two options", basically combining exchange of information and sharing best practices with support from Annex 1 parties to non-Annex 1 parties. EU said that, in this case, it wants a divorce))

Saudi Arabia has been very deconstructive during the whole meeting doing everything possible to keep all brackets and delay the process. For example, they claimed that they don't fully understand the meaning of the word "careful" (careful design).

Spokesperson from G77 (South Africa) didn't show up at all (that's why the meeting was delayed by 30 mins). The countries from this group spoke on their own behalf (that's where we got a marriage proposal from Argentina).

While wrapping up the meeting and setting time for the next session tomorrow, the Chair addressed the Parties with a quote from Britney Spears, "Give me more, please give me more!"))
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